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Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) on Monday said it has achieved the highest-ever electricity traded volume of 141 BU (billion units) in FY26, a 17 per cent year-on-year increase driven by strong performance in the real-time electricity market. In financial year 2025-26, a total of 187.20 lakh Renewable Energy Certificates were traded in IEX, marking a 5 per cent year-on-year increase, according to a statement. For FY'26, the Market Clearing Price in the Day-Ahead Market (DAM) stood at Rs 3.86/unit, down 13.7 per cent compared to FY'25. Similarly, the Market Clearing Price in the Real-Time Market was at Rs 3.59/unit during FY'26, registering a decline of 16 per cent compared to FY'25. For the January-March quarter of FY26, IEX achieved its highest-ever quarterly electricity traded volume of 39.4 BU, marking a 24.3 per cent year-on-year increase. A total of 71.70 lakh Renewable Energy Certificates were traded during the quarter, marking a 6.1 per cent year-on-year increase. For March 202
Indian Energy Exchange on Wednesday said the board of Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) has decided to go public to raise funds through an Initial Public Offering. However the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) did not divulge details about the size of the issue, opportune time and the modalities of the issue. According to a regulatory filing, the Board of Directors of IGX Ltd, an associate company of IEX, at its meeting held on December 2, 2025, has approved to start the process of Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the equity shares of face value of Rs 10 each of IGX Ltd. The IPO will be conducted through an offer for sale by certain existing and eligible shareholders, subject to market conditions, applicable approvals, regulatory clearances and other considerations, it stated. The size of the issue, opportune time and modalities of the issue will be decided in due course, it said. The company will update the exchanges of all material developments regarding the same, as and when required, as pe
Indian Energy Exchange on Thursday said that its monthly electricity traded volume grew 18.9 per cent to 11,803 million units (MU) in August on a year-on-year basis. A total of 21.68 lakh Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) were traded during the month, an IEX (Indian Energy Exchange) statement said. The monthly electricity traded volume (including TRAS) stood at 11,803 MU in August 2025, marking an 18.9 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth, according to the statement. Despite higher demand, prices on power exchanges were lower than the previous year, owing to higher supply side liquidity on the exchange platform, it explained. The market clearing price in the day-ahead market stood at Rs 4.00 per unit in August 2025, marking a 7 per cent year-on-year(YoY) decline. Similarly, the price in the Real Time Market was Rs 3.38 per unit in August 2025, down 6 per cent YoY. These prices presented an opportunity for Discoms and Commercial & Industrial consumers to meet their demand at a .
Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) on Tuesday said it had achieved highest-ever monthly electricity traded volume of 12,664 million units (MU) in July, marking an increase of 25.5 per cent on a year-on-year basis. A total of 16.26 lakh Renewable Energy Certificates (RECa) were traded during the month, an IEX statement said. According to the statement, the market clearing price in the Day-Ahead Market was Rs 4.18/unit during July, down 16 per cent year-on-year (YoY). Similarly, price in the Real Time Market was at Rs 3.83/unit during July this year, a fall of 23 per cent YoY. The Day-Ahead Market (DAM) including HPDAM achieved 5,510 MU volume in July 2025, as compared to 5,056 MU volume in July 2024, an increase of 9 per cent YoY. The Real-Time Electricity Market (RTM) reported the highest-ever monthly traded volume in July this year. The RTM volume increased to 5,109 MU in July 2025, from 3,334 MU in July 2024, registering an increase of 53 per cent YoY. Day-Ahead Contingency and Term
Indian Energy Exchange, the country's leading electricity exchange, is expected to log a double-digit volume growth in the current financial year that started in April, on the back of increasing sell side liquidity and launch of new products, according to analyst reports post IEX's FY25 earnings. The current financial year is likely to see a capacity addition of 11 GW on thermal side and up to 40 GW on renewable side that is expected to keep supply-side liquidity on exchanges strong, thereby driving down price discovery in key trading segments like Day Ahead Market and Real Time Market (RTM). According to analysts, introduction of new products like green RTM and long-duration contracts (LDC) of up to 11 months will further add to volumes on IEX. In 2024-25, IEX logged the highest-ever traded electricity volume of 121 billion units (BUs), up 18.7 per cent year on year. "Approval for 11-month LDC contracts, green RTM, private participation in selling un-requisitioned surplus on ...